5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PORGY

PORGY is accepted as a guess but is not on the solver's possible-answer list.

As an opener, it rules out about 90.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈpɔːɡi/

Noun

Any of several fish of the family Sparidae of seabreams.

Source: Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Corrections.

Wordle status

A word can be a playable guess without being a possible answer.

Playable guess

Yes

Included in the Wordle guess list used by our tools.

Possible answer

No

The solver does not currently treat this as a possible answer.

Past Wordle answer

Not used yet

No past answer date found.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How PORGY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PORGY as a guess, but the solver does not list it as a possible answer.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 74.9% of games, misses completely in 25.1%, and leaves about 233 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,395 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 guesses in games solved within six turns.

Try your feedback pattern

Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

All gray? Tap a tile to cycle gray → yellow → green.

Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

P___Y P in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position P__G_ P in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _O__Y O in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SLATE TEASE SAINT TRACE CLINE LIANE
Words starting with P Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.45 Entropy (bits)
233 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 48% of evaluated openers
1.50 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PORGY performed in the previous complete opener benchmark, against its captured answer snapshot. These research figures are separate from today's solver recommendations. See the data page for the method.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#4,395 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PORGY ranks #4,395 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
916
4 guesses
1,184
5 guesses
189
6 guesses
14
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.45 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
OR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
35%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

94 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

591
315
156
150
105
104
83
81
58
49
44
40
40
38
33
30
26
25
23
22
20
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17
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14
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12
12
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PORGY:

25% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
13% chance
Suggested:
TEASE
7% chance
Suggested:
SLATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

Ranked follow-up guesses for the 10 most common feedback patterns.

25.1% →
SLATE 6.42 bits
13.4% →
TEASE 5.29 bits
6.6% →
SLATE 5.15 bits
6.4% →
SAINT 4.83 bits
4.5% →
TRACE 4.45 bits
4.4% →
CLINE 4.72 bits
3.5% →
LIANE 5.25 bits
3.4% →
SLATE 5.29 bits
2.5% →
SAICE 4.91 bits
2.1% →
SLANE 4.88 bits

Letter-value totals

Base letter-value totals for PORGY; these do not show whether either game accepts the word.

Scrabble

P3O1R1G2Y4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

Scores shown are base values without double/triple letter or word bonuses.